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. 2020 Feb 3;35(4):1102–1110. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05487-5

Table 3.

Cost-Effectiveness Results in Base Case Model (WTP Threshold = $150,000)

Tests Total QALYs per 1000 patients Total costs per 1000 patients, 2017 US$ Test comparisons* ICER (cost per additional QALY gained) INMB (per 1000 patient) INMB (in the US 65-year-old cohort with diarrhea)
NAAT alone 13,592.86 $2,538,601 NAAT alone vs. GDH/NAAT $54,547 $481,627 $41,242,471
GDH/NAAT 13,587.81 $2,263,377 NAAT alone vs. GDH/EIA $55,410 $487,215 $41,720,978
GDH/EIA 13,587.71 $2,253,197 NAAT alone vs. NAAT/EIA $50,231 $519,132 $44,454,027
NAAT/EIA 13,587.66 $2,277,229 GDH/NAAT vs. GDH/EIA $96,841 $5588 $478,508
GDH/NAAT vs. NAAT/EIA NAAT/EIA dominated $37,504 $3,211,556
GDH/EIA vs. NAAT/EIA NAAT/EIA dominated $31,916 $2,733,049

QALY quality-adjusted life year, WTP willingness to pay, ICER incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, INMB incremental net monetary benefit; NAAT nucleic acid amplification test, GDH glutamate dehydrogenase, EIA enzyme immunoassay

*NAAT alone vs. NAAT/EIA = (NAAT costs − NAAT/EIA costs) / (NAAT QALYs − NAAT/EIA QALYs). NAAT alone vs. GDH/EIA = (NAAT costs − GDH/EIA costs) / (NAAT QALYs − GDH/EIA QALYs). NAAT alone vs. GDH/NAAT = (NAAT costs − GDH/NAAT costs) / (NAAT QALYs − GDH/NAAT QALYs). GDH/NAAT vs. GDH/EIA = (GDH/NAAT costs − GDH/EIA costs) / (GDH/NAAT QALYs − GDH/EIA QALYs)

†Implies greater cost and less effectiveness; compared with GDH/NAAT and GDH/EIA, NAAT/EIA dominated